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Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 11:16 am
by speedlehenry14
Hi,
I recently formatted my HD and I saved my pokertracker folder.
I try to open my database using the new computer but it cant seem to find the hand history database file.
Where can I manually add it to the PT database so it recognizes it?
Thanks!
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 11:19 am
by ptrack pat
Did you reinstall PT after you reformatted?
What is the exact error message it gives you when it opens?
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 11:51 am
by speedlehenry14
I reinstalled PT.
When I try to view some hand history I get somehing saying "Unable to get #xxxxx hand history."
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 12:49 pm
by ptrack pat
That error means the hand history file doesn't have the text of the hand histories in it. Did you copy back some database files after you reinstalled PT? You should have also copied back the file called hhdb.mdb which has this information in it.
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 3:34 pm
by speedlehenry14
Yes, I have that file but how do I make PT read it?
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 3:58 pm
by ptrack pat
Open the Utilities > Database Maintenance and Options window. Click the Hand History DB's tab.
Add an entry here on this window to point to that hhdb.mdb file in whatever folder it's in now.
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 4:22 pm
by speedlehenry14
Done that, keep getting the same error.
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 4:45 pm
by ptrack pat
What folder/file did you point it to?
What is the size of this file?
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 4:48 pm
by speedlehenry14
F:\Program Files\Poker Tracker V2\hhdb.mdb
1.04GB
Re: Hand histories.

Posted:
Thu May 15, 2008 4:50 pm
by ptrack pat
Is it giving this error with every hand?
Are you using Vista on this computer? If so, are you running PT as administrator? Does Vista prompt you to cancel/allow PT to run every time you try to start it?